I know it's extremely early, but looking at the rest of the Texans schedule in the "When will the Texans win their first game" thread, it seems possible the Texans might not win more than 3 games, if that. Oct 16 @Seattle - L Oct 23 Indianapolis - L Oct 30 Cleveland - W Nov 6 @Jacksonville - L Nov 13 @Indianapolis - L Nov 20 Kansas City - L Nov 27 St. Louis - L Dec 4 @Baltimore - L Dec 11 @Tennessee - L Dec 18 Arizona - W Dec 24 Jacksonville - L Jan 1 @San Francisco - W Just my pessimistic opinion on the rest of the season.. So.. who can the Texans justify as their first overall pick in 2006? If we end up with the #1 overall pick.. dare we take Leinart? And for that matter.. can we even LOOK at another QB, period? Maybe Leinart could be to Carr what Phillip Rivers was to Drew Brees? Can we trade the pick for a smattering of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounders to address depth problems at positions like OL, DL (We probably won't be running a 3-4 defense next year..), SS, and WR?
It'll be (or should be) D'Brickashaw Ferguson, at least if Casserly wants to keep his job - I'm sure Capers will be fired by then.
We're not going to beat Cleveland. If we draft anything other than OL, we're idiots. You get the first pick, trade down a few spots like San Diego did a couple years ago. Take the best OL available, trade one of the extra 2nd or 3rd round picks for a QB like Grossman or someone similar who may be in a battle for a starter's job (Rivers, maybe?) and go from there. I'm not convinced either way on Carr, but he's due such a huge bonus next year that I could see him not being our QB in 2006.
If I was Leinart I would pull an Eli Manning and tell the Texans not to draft me or else I'll sit out a year. No way would I want to QB behind the Texans o-line untill they fix it.
There is a very good chance (and what I'm hoping is a distinct reality) that Casserly will be gone as well. The moves to make are to "try" to get something of value for Carr, draft Leinart and sit him for a year while free agent quarterback Jon Kitna takes the lumps.
Give me Vince Young and you are automatically a .500 team with this squad. He may not be the greatest passer that will put up gaudy passing #'s, but he will be every bit as good as Vick is with his arm, and Vick just flat out wins.
Kitna has shown to be a solid mentor. The irony behind it stinks for Kitna, but that's reality and he knows his role in the NFL.
Carr has been in the top 3 of rushing for QB's for the past 2 years.. He's not exactly slow and he can throw on the run too, mostly because he is forced to.. Saying that VY could make this team .500 automatically is just beyond silly.. I doubt ANY QB in the NCAA right now could help this team in it's present state.
I knew this thread would be a magnet for UT fanboys to come harp on VY, but let's keep the homerism to a minimum, please
Who knows, maybe Young could actually catch a pass once in a while (unlike Bradford or Gaffney) and help capitalize on Andre's double teams.. Either way, lawd we needs us some help!
Unless Vince Young and Matt Leinart can play left tackle for themselves, I don't see what the point would be in drafting a top QB.
Yeah our OLINE is bad but DAVID CARR isnt it too. Why try fixing the OLINE when Carr can't take you to the next level and I dont think he's worth the $8million bonus for 2006. I say we draft Leinart , trade David Carr (to Jets,Miami) for an OL or trade picks to draft OL. Basically get rid of Carr for Leinart and draft & sign OL.
It's not just silly, it's ignorant. VY is the next Vick, okay ... even if that was true, Vick himself couldn't get this team to a "guaranteed" 8 wins.
Not only would I use our 1st pick on an OL, I would use our 2nd too just to be sure. Then I go defense the rest of the draft. Taking care of the OL will fix all the problems on offense, but the defense need help all over.
That's the trouble right there, David Carr and his extention. It's just adds to the uncertainty surrounding the Texans. McNair is on the horns of a dilemma. Will he replace Capers, AND Casserly, and allow the Texans to draft another QB #1? I guess the QB part is not too much of an issue monetarily given that he's either going to pay Carr or possibly Leinart. Personally I would be against taking Leinart if he is simply brought in with the same personel that Carr had on offense. We did not build an offensive line the first time around and we better get it right with version 2.0 of the Texans.
If McNair pulls the plug on Carr he might just go after a veteran QB instead of drafting Leinart and go through that growing process again.
